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== Concept ==
== Concept ==
Bel Canto employs [[opera singer]]s as waiters and waitresses. The singers usually work in groups of four, and every 15 minutes a different opera aria is performed.<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|author= Miller, Wendy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3793777/Theyre-singing-for-your-supper-at-the-Bel-Canto-Restaurant.html |title=They're singing for your supper at the Bel Canto Restaurant |work=Telegraph |date= December 16, 2008 |accessdate= August 9, 2012}}</ref> As of 2008, Bel Canto employed 50 singers and 10 pianists.<ref name="telegraph1"/> The restaurants are decorated in red and gold velvet, with [[musical instrument]]s and opera costumes lining the walls.<ref name="lexpress1">{{cite web| first = Genone | last= Paola | url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/classique/une-diva-a-ma-table_488619.html |title = Une diva à ma table | language = French |trans-title=A diva at my table | work= L'Express |date= September 20, 2004 |accessdate= August 9, 2012}}</ref>
Bel Canto employs [[opera singer]]s as waiters and waitresses. The singers usually work in groups of four, and every 15 minutes a different opera aria is performed.<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|author= Miller, Wendy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3793777/Theyre-singing-for-your-supper-at-the-Bel-Canto-Restaurant.html |title=They're singing for your supper at the Bel Canto Restaurant |work=Telegraph |date= December 16, 2008 |accessdate= August 9, 2012}}</ref> As of 2008, Bel Canto employed 50 singers and 10 pianists.<ref name="telegraph1"/> The restaurants are decorated in red and gold velvet, with [[musical instrument]]s and opera costumes lining the walls.<ref name="lexpress1">{{cite web| first = Genone | last= Paola | url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/classique/une-diva-a-ma-table_488619.html |title = Une diva à ma table | language = French |trans-title=A diva at my table | work= L'Express |date= September 20, 2004 |accessdate= August 9, 2012}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 09:30, 19 March 2025

Bel Canto
Restaurant information
CityParis
CountryFrance

Bel Canto is a chain of restaurants, based in Paris, France, where singers perform live opera arias for the diners.[1]

Concept

Bel Canto employs opera singers as waiters and waitresses. The singers usually work in groups of four, and every 15 minutes a different opera aria is performed.[2] As of 2008, Bel Canto employed 50 singers and 10 pianists.[2] The restaurants are decorated in red and gold velvet, with musical instruments and opera costumes lining the walls.[3]

History

The first Bel Canto restaurant opened in Paris in 1999, and since then another restaurant opened in Paris, and a third in Neuilly-sur-Seine.[3] After an unsuccessful attempt in La City, London, in 2008, Bel Canto London opened in Corus Grand Hotel Hyde Park in 2009.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ MacLeod, Donald (16 December 2008). "Opera restaurant: 'It's a good way of learning new repertoire'". Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b Miller, Wendy (16 December 2008). "They're singing for your supper at the Bel Canto Restaurant". Telegraph. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b Paola, Genone (20 September 2004). "Une diva à ma table" [A diva at my table]. L'Express (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2012.